Server for NIS Stops Responding with More Than 70 Users in a Single Group (299442)
The information in this article applies to:
- Microsoft Windows 2000 Server SP1
- Microsoft Windows 2000 Server SP2
- Microsoft Windows 2000 Advanced Server SP1
- Microsoft Windows 2000 Advanced Server SP2
- Microsoft Windows 2000 Professional SP1
- Microsoft Windows 2000 Professional SP2
- Microsoft Windows NT Server 4.0 SP6
- Microsoft Windows NT Workstation 4.0 SP6
This article was previously published under Q299442 SYMPTOMS
Server for NIS that is included with Services for UNIX version 2.0 may stop responding (hang) if a group has more than 70 users. This may occur if the group was migrated into Server for NIS with more than 70 users, or if an administrator manually adds users to a group until the group membership exceeds 70.
RESOLUTIONA supported fix is now available from Microsoft, but it is only intended to correct the problem that is described in this article. Apply it only to computers that are experiencing this specific problem. To resolve this problem, contact Microsoft Product Support Services to obtain the fix. For a complete list of Microsoft Product Support Services phone numbers and information about support costs, visit the following Microsoft Web site: NOTE: In special cases, charges that are ordinarily incurred for support calls may be canceled if a Microsoft Support Professional determines that a specific update will resolve your problem. The usual support costs will apply to additional support questions and issues that do not qualify for the specific update in question.
The English version of this fix should have the following file attributes or later:
Date Time Version Size File name
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Jul 13, 2001 23:50 5.3000.1314.8 130,560 Nissvc.exe
STATUSMicrosoft has confirmed that this is a problem in the Microsoft products that are listed at the beginning of this article.
| Modification Type: | Minor | Last Reviewed: | 9/26/2005 |
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| Keywords: | kbHotfixServer kbQFE kbenv kbfix kbprb kbQFE KB299442 |
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